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FRA'NZHTWOHL, or nnwroan, N, Y.

LettersPatcnt No. 75,920, dated March 24, 1868.

'IMPROVED- FURNIATUREQEDGE.

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T O ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be it known that I, FRANZ HTWOHL, of the city, county,`and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Furniture-Edge; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full,.clea, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the artto'make and use the same,v reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichl i i c Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my improved furniture-edge. i Figure 2 is a 'transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of'refcrence indicate corresponding parte.

This invention relates to anew manner of arranging the edgesiof yupholstered furniture, seats, and backs, and consists in forming, as an independent article of manufacture, a stuffed roll-of; horsehair, moss,:or other suitable material covered with canvas, which is arranged withits threads diagonally across'the roll, so that the latter can be bent into all curyc'sor corners that 'mayhave vto be formed on the seat or bach of the furniture.'

Heretoforesimh edges were formed by sewing Ithe roll into the canvas, which is stretched over andfcovers the whole seat or back of the furniture, and .not` only does the formation of the roll on the furniture occupyY much time and labor, but also the stretching ofthe` canvas-fis-made impossible, as onesetof its threads is at right angles with the edge ofthe furniture, while the other set isabou-tiparallel with the same.. l

Those threads that vreach across the roll cannot be stretched without being torn, while the others are of no fuse at all. But when the threads 'are laid diagonally aerossthe roll, both sets of threads do theirwork, and the whole fabric can bestretched. AIn`using the threads diagonally across the roll', they would also have to be laid diagonally over the seat o r hack, if the edgefwould be formed as part of the whle upholstery. Asthat is impracticable, it is necessary to form the edges previously, as Ipropose.

A, in the drawing, represents the' roll, which is made of moss, horse-hair, or` other suitable material, a, covered with canvas, b, in the manner vshown in iig. 2. The outer odgeof the canvas, b, is nailed to the fraine of the seater back, while the inner edge is sewed to the canvas` .covering b of the seat or back. The threads of the canvas, b, are arranged .diagonally across the roll, as in iig. 11`

Having thus 4described vmy inventionlI claim, as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt- Y As a new article of manufacture, a` stuffed furniture-edge, A, thecovering canvas b of which has its threads arranged diagonally across the surface of the roll A, substantially asherein shown and described.

FRANZ HTWOHL.

Witnesses:

Wn. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. -F. ROBERTS. 

